First Known Use: 1583
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magazine
noun mag·a·zine \ˈma-gə-ˌzēn, ˌma-gə-ˈ\
: a type of thin book with a paper cover that contains stories, essays, pictures, etc., and that is usually published every week or month
: a radio or television program that discusses different topics
: a part of a gun that holds bullets
Full Definition of MAGAZINE
1
: a place where goods or supplies are stored : warehouse
2
: a room in which powder and other explosives are kept in a fort or a ship
3
: the contents of a magazine: as a : an accumulation of munitions of war b : a stock of provisions or goods
4
a : a periodical containing miscellaneous pieces (as articles, stories, poems) and often illustrated; also : such a periodical published online b : a similar section of a newspaper usually appearing on Sunday c : a radio or television program presenting usually several short segments on a variety of topics
5
: a supply chamber: as a : a holder in or on a gun for cartridges to be fed into the gun chamber b : a lightproof chamber for films or plates on a camera or for film on a motion-picture projector
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Origin of MAGAZINE
Middle French, from Old Occitan, from Arabic makhāzin, plural of makhzan storehouse
Related to MAGAZINE
- Synonyms
- depository, depot, storehouse, repository, storage, warehouse
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MAGAZINE Defined for Kids
magazine
noun mag·a·zine \ˈma-gə-ˌzēn\
Definition of MAGAZINE for Kids
1
: a publication issued at regular intervals (as weekly or monthly)
2
: a storehouse or warehouse for military supplies
3
: a container in a gun for holding cartridges
Word History of MAGAZINE
The English word magazine came from a French word with the same spelling that in turn came from an Arabic word makhāzin. Both the French and the Arabic words meant “a place where things are stored.” At first the English word had the same meaning, and it is still used in this sense. However, a later sense is now more common—that of a collection of written pieces printed at set times, the suggestion being that such collections are “storehouses of knowledge.”
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